Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 2nd district
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by
Ron Barber
Succeeded by
Ann Kirkpatrick
Personal details
Born
Martha Elizabeth McSally
(1966-03-22) March 22, 1966 (age 58) Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Donald Henry
(m. 1997; ann. 1999)
Education
United States Air Force Academy (BS) Harvard University (MPP)
Website
Campaign website
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Air Force
Years of service
1988–2010
Rank
Colonel
Commands
354th Fighter Squadron
Battles/wars
Operation Southern Watch Operation Allied Force Operation Enduring Freedom
Martha McSally's voice
McSally introduces Michael Liburdi at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Recorded February 13, 2019
Martha Elizabeth McSally (born March 22, 1966) is an American politician and former military pilot who has represented Arizona in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
McSally served in the United States Air Force from 1988 to 2010, achieving the rank of colonel. She is the first U.S. woman to fly in combat and also the first to command a fighter squadron. In 2001, McSally successfully sued the United States Department of Defense in McSally v. Rumsfeld, challenging the military policy that required U.S. and UK servicewomen stationed in Saudi Arabia to wear the body-covering abaya when traveling off base in the country.
A member of the Republican Party, McSally ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012, but was unsuccessful. She was elected to the House in 2014 and represented Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. McSally was the Republican nominee in Arizona's 2018 U.S. Senate election, losing to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. After interim Senator Jon Kyl resigned from the state's other Senate seat (to which he had been appointed following the death of longtime Senator John McCain), Governor Doug Ducey appointed McSally to replace Kyl. In 2020, a special election was held to determine who would serve the remainder of McCain's unexpired Senate term; McSally was defeated by Democratic nominee Mark Kelly.
McSally opposes same-sex marriage and opposes abortion in "nearly all cases", asserting that both issues should be decided at the state level. She advocates increased military spending. McSally opposed and voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and supported the unsuccessful attempt to pass American Health Care Act of 2017. Though criticizing Obama's use of executive action to create it, she supported Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals until 2018 and expressed concern about President Donald Trump's travel ban and the family separation policy.
Martha Elizabeth McSally (born March 22, 1966) is an American politician and former military pilot who has represented Arizona in the United States House...
2018, three days after the death of longtime U.S. Senator John McCain. MarthaMcSally won the Republican nomination, while Kyrsten Sinema won the Democratic...
that outgoing U.S. Representative MarthaMcSally would be appointed to fill the seat following Kyl's resignation. McSally was sworn in as the state's junior...
southeastern corner of Arizona. Barber lost his 2014 re-election bid to MarthaMcSally by 161 votes. Barber was born in Wakefield, England, during World War...
Jeff Flake, and then against MarthaMcSally, after Flake's decision not to seek re-election. Ward was defeated by McSally in the Republican primary. She...
election to replace the retiring Jeff Flake, defeating Republican nominee MarthaMcSally. She is the first bisexual and the second openly LGBT woman (after Tammy...
Following the death of John McCain in 2018, Kyl briefly returned to the Senate, leaving office after the appointment of MarthaMcSally in 2019. A Republican...
chooses to wear". American military pilot MarthaMcSally was represented by The Rutherford Institute in McSally v. Rumsfeld, a successful 2001 lawsuit against...
election held following the death of Senator John McCain, defeating incumbent Republican MarthaMcSally. Kelly flew combat missions during the Gulf War...
beginning in January 2015, and served as a spokeswoman for Senator MarthaMcSally, then joined the staff as deputy press secretary for the United States...
more purple in the late 2010s. Incumbent Republican MarthaMcSally was appointed to the late John McCain's seat two months after losing the 2018 Arizona...
meetings. Elected to the seat to succeed MarthaMcSally, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of John McCain and the resignation of Jon Kyl...
proportion of women serving as U.S. senators in history. MarthaMcSally lost an election to finish John McCain's unexpired term on November 3, 2020, and left...
Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program Incumbent Republican MarthaMcSally, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. She...
launch a primary challenge against Republican U.S. Senator MarthaMcSally, expressing concern McSally was not a good candidate and criticizing her loss in the...
injured, preventing what could have been far worse." Shortly thereafter, MarthaMcSally, then a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona...
Arizona's 2nd congressional district to replace outgoing Republican MarthaMcSally, who retired to run for U.S. Senate. Kirkpatrick had to move across...
2012, ran for re-election. Ron Barber, incumbent U.S. Representative MarthaMcSally, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, candidate for the 8th District in 2012...
U.S. Senate seats have been held the Democratic caucus since 2020. MarthaMcSally was the last Republican to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate. Appointed...
includes Cochise County and parts of suburban Tucson. Incumbent Republican MarthaMcSally, who had represented the district since 2015, did not run for re-election...
vote in 2012. He chose not to run for re-election. U.S. Representative MarthaMcSally won the Republican nomination in a three-way primary on August 28, 2018...
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl will replace John McCain in the Senate". Vox. Retrieved October 3, 2018. "MarthaMcSally to fill McCain Senate seat after losing race"...
former Tucson congresswoman MarthaMcSally to the vacant seat, who eventually lost to Mark Kelly in the 2020 special election. McCain received many tributes...
seat. Kyl resigned at the end of that year and Ducey replaced him with MarthaMcSally, who then lost to Democrat Mark Kelly in 2020. Primaries in Arizona...
husband. U.S. Representative and former US Air Force colonel and pilot MarthaMcSally introduced a resolution in Congress to honor Shults for her life-saving...
Blunt, Shelley Moore Capito, John Cornyn, Cory Gardner, James Lankford, MarthaMcSally, Rob Portman, Mitt Romney, Tim Scott, Thom Tillis, and Todd Young Senate...
Choice: A Senator Made From McCain's Mold or Trump's". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2022. Jonathan Martin, MarthaMcSally Appointed to Arizona Senate...
Global Information